among, between

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Some assert that between is used only when referring to two things and that among is used when referring to more than two things. Thus: the spat between my two brothers. Or: the spat among my three brothers.

But when you’re discussing more than two things or the number is unspecified, the choice of between or amongdepends on your meaning. You restrict the use of between to those situations when the things, entities, or people are specified. You then use among when the things, entities, or people form a collective, a mass.